Friday, September 14, 2012

My Personal Research Journey

 My chosen research stimulation is Why men tend to shy away from the Early Childhood Field and the impact of more males in the early Childhood Field.

I selected this topic because I really wanted to find out why so many men tend to stay away from early childhood education. Many will teach your higher grades but like to stay away from teaching the early learners. I also selected this topic because my husband came to me one day and said that he would hire a foreman (he owns a construction company) and work with me. I thought he was joking so I did not respond. Later when I sat down and thought about how great the idea sound I went back to him and took him up on his offer. But, now I can not get him to make the switch. He says what so many other males have said, which is "how would I look working in a daycare center?" I said "you will look like  a man working along side his wife in our Childcare center assisting children as they develop in the early years." I try to explain to him that with some many young boys in the early childhood field that they need men working with them instead of so many females.  This most have scared him because he has never brought the issue back up and changes it when I try to bring it up.
My question to you all is should I blend the to together or does this sound like two different topics?

 I do not see anything wrong with this picture. My husband said "of course he will do that, he is older and probably retired."

1 comment:

  1. Interesting posting! Early Childhood is a field traditionally dominated by women, we all know that. But I believe it is very slowly changing. I have seen an increase in male kindergarten teachers as well as dads volunteering in the preschool classroom. I would be interested in hearing what research has shown so far regarding male involvement in EC. Maybe there are some interesting findings unknown to us...
    Carolina

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